Shoe-polishing machine



M. BELVLLE.

'sHoe Pousme MAcmNE. APELICATION FILED MN. 14, 192D.

Patentedsepn 26,19%

W1. B ELV'LLEn SHOE POLISHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MN. 14.1920.

l'Patented sept. 26,( 1922#` p M. BELvlLL'E. sHoE PoLlsHlNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED M N. I4, 1920.'

'Patented sept. 26, 1922.

vM. BELVILLL. "SHOE PoLlsHmG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. I4, 1920.

' Patentef/i'sepn, y"19222;

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MSASO.,

M. BELVILLE.'

SHOE POLISHING-MACHINE.

APPLICATION, man JAN. 14. 1920'.

` Patented Septf26, 1922;

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Q o o -za l0/wf M. BELVILLE. SHOE POLISHING MACHINE.v

APPLICATION FILED JAN. I4, 1920.

1,430,430. Patented Sept. 26, 1922.

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tisane rifiriiitr BIARTIN BELVILLE, F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFRNIX, ASSIGNR TO THE BELVILLE MANUFCTUBNG CO., INC., 01? CALEORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNEA, A CORPORATION 0F To @ZZ w /zof/iiz' may concern Be it known that l, Maurin BnLviLLn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State oi? California, have invented new and useful improvements in Shoe- Polishing Machines, of which the following is a speciiication.

rllhis invention relates to shoe polishing machines.

r1`lie objects are to provide a machine which will operate to clean, apply blacking to, and polish shoes in successive operations while they are upon the feet of the wearer, which is automatic in its operation, which will operate upon all parts of the shoes under treatment, which, while operating to polish the uppers of high shoes, may be used to operate upon low slioes without injury to the hosiery of the wearer and which will stop automatically when its cycle of operation has been completed. A further object is to provide a shoe polishing machine having foot rests capable of vertical movement so that the shoes may be presented in proper position to the brushes so' that all parts `of the shoes may be .cleaned and polished.

`lilith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain 'features of structure, combination and relation .which will be. more fully set Jorth hereinafter.

l have illustrated one embodiment of my invention in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 h apparatus, certain parts being omitted` in order to simplify the illustration;

Figure 2 is a side elevation, the driving motor being omitted., and certain parts being broken away or shown in section;

Figure Z5 is a section taken substantially on the line 3, Fig. 1;

Figure l is a side elevation partly in section, oi one et the polishing sets;

Figure 5 is a detail of the mechanism for placing the brushes of one set in opefative position; y

Figure is a longitudinal vertical section through the rotating mechanism for the brush holder g Figure 7 is a section taken substantially on the line 7 7, Fig. 6;

Figure 8 is a perspective view or la part ot the rotating mechanism illust-rated in Figure Z 5 'i a plan view ot my improved Application 'filed January 14, 1920. Serial No. 351,400.

Figure 9 is a section through the` liquid container;

Figure 10 is a iront elevation of the liquid container or-dauber; i

Figure 11 is a side elevation of one of the ioot rests; l l

Figure 12 is a detail, partly in section, ofy one vof the foot rests; y

Figure 13 is a side elevation oit' the actuating mechanism for the brush holder rotating means and the electrical .circuit-breaker;

Figure 14 is a detail of the ratchet wheel and pawl which actuates the circuit-breakerg Figure 15 is a detail of a portion of one of the brush members and the brush-operating rod;

Figure 16 is a detail of one of the brush members. e ,i

Fig. 1'? is a plan view, looking substantially from the line17-17, Fig. 2, of the means forr locking the reciprocating mechanism during the changing of the polishing v elements Fig. 18 isa section taken substantially on the line 18-18,`Figs. 1 and 17.;-

Fig. 19 is a section taken substantially on the line 15J- 19, Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals denote like partsthroughout the several views: p i i 1 (see Figs. 1, 2 ,and 3) denotes a gear wheel which is driven by any suitable means,`

anr electric motor `2 and driving pinionV 3 being preferred. This gear 1 is iixed to al shaft 4; journalled kin -uprights100'and carrying tired pinions 5 and 6. rThe drive isl taken from gear'wheel 1 by a pinion? meshing with gearv wheel'l and mounted on av shaft 101 supported by uprights 102, said shaft carrying also a fixed gear wheel 8. A square shaft 9 is mounted in brackets 10 and ltgtand this shaft carries a sliding gear 11 which is adapted to mesh with' gear wheel 8. The pinion 6 which turns with the gear wheel 1 meshes with ya gear 12 rotatably lmounted on a stud projecting jr'roin oneI of the uprights 100, said gear carrying a crank. arm 13. This crank arm is connected to and oscillates a lever 14C` through the mediumof a link 15, the' lever 11 being pivoted at 16. to a suitable standard 17. A shifting arm 18 is also pivoted at one end to lever 14, this shitting arm being provided at its kopposite end with a slot through which projects a pin' 19 .carried by one arm of an ros elbow lever :20 pivoted at 21 to a cross-member 103, connecting the brackets 10. rlhe other arm ot the elboW lever 20 is biturcated, and the torked portions thereof onlin-ace the reduced base portion ot the gear shitting device Q2 which is adapted to slide in a slot llever S20 is oscillated.

@ranks 25 'formed at the ends ot the square shaft 9 are connected by links Q6 With arms 27 formed at the ends ot alined square shalts Q8 journalled in uprights 105. Biturcated levers 29 are formed with hubs 290 slidably mounted on the shafts 28, the forked portions ot these levers being provided with slots 30.

The polishing sets are slidablv mounted on transverse rods or cross-mei'nbers 31 supported by uprights 10S. Each set comprises a pair of slides 32 guided respectively on the rods 31 and on which a lu'ush-holding member (designated as a Whole. in Figs. 1 and 2 by the numeral is rotatably mounted by means ot a reciprocating` rod 34. This rod (see also Figs. e, 5 and (S) projects through the ends of the corresponding brushholding member and through brackets or upright portions 107 on the corresponding slides 32, one end ot the rod being pivoted to one of the biturcated levers Q9 through means ot which the rod is reciprocated (Fig. 1). Each brush-holding member 33 conn prises a pair ot end. heads 108 (Fig. e) connected by a plurality ot' side bars on which the back portions 3G et the several brushes ot the set are slidably mounted, respectively. rlhese brush back portions have lugs 37 formed on their inner sides, which lugs are adapted to be selectively engaged by an engaging member B8 preferably in the form ot a yoke and rigidly secured to or.

formed integral with the corresponding` reciprocating rod ln a machine constructed in accordance with my invention ll usually provide vtour polishing elements. namely, a dauber and three brushes all ogtl which are substantially similar in structure, one brush being adapted to clean the shoes. the dauber to apply blacking or other polish thereto, the second brushto operate upon the shoes after the blacking has been applied, and the third brush. which is preterably itaced with a cloth. to complete the polishing operation. Each of these elements comprises a central member 39 to Which the back portion 30 is secured and hinged to which are tvvo end members t0 (each of which may. in turn, comprise a plurality ot' hinged sections) and a topv member 41. Springs'f-l (Figs. 1l Q. Ll, and 16) tend to* press the end and top mem bers, respectively, inward, thus ensuring, when the element is reciprocated, that all parts ot the shoe will be reached. The blacking is applied to the shoe in the second op` eration, atter one ot the brushes has completed its function, and for this purpose l provide a dauber in the t'orm ot a container 43 9). Which is somewhat similar in outline to the brush members, and which comprises a central compartment le (Figs. 4f and 10), two hinged ond compartments 45, and a hinged upper compartment 116, which subsidiary compartments, like the brushes, are forced inward by the action ot springs. The edges ot the container compartments are turned invvard and serrated, as indicated at e7, ttor the purpose ot holding the sponge portions t8 in position in the containers. lllach brush holder is rotated and the elements thereon brought successively into operative position by means of a ratchet Wheel 29, which is keyed or otherwise fixed to a sleeve (Figs. 6 and 7) projecting from one olf the endy heads 10S, and a pawl 50. which is pivoted to a lever 51 having a hub loosely mounted on the sleeve 64. The outer end ot the lever 51 is connected by a link 52 with a pin 52 projecting trom an arm G7 (see also 5) pivoted at 68 to the corresponding slide rlhe pin 52a is also connected by a short link 109 (Figs. 1, 2 and 1S) with an arm 53 having a hub 110 (Fig. 1) slidably mounted on a squared shatt -ljournalled in uprights 119. The shaft 54;; is cscillated by means oit al link 55 pivoted to a crank arm 5G lixed to said shaft, which link is pivoted, as indicated at 57 (Figs. 1 and 13) to a lever 58 pivoted to an upright 111. The lever 58 is oscillated from a pinion rotatably mounted on a stud projecting from one oit the uprights 100` said pinion having a crank arm connected with the lever 58 by a link G1. rlhe pinion 59 meshes with the pinion secured to the shaft ot the drive wheel, so that rotation ot the drive wheel will cause intermittent movement olt the ratchet Wheel li9, thereby intermittently rotating the brush holder 33 and liringing the brushes successively into open ative position.

lin their normal or inoperative positions the polishing elements are centrally located on the4 side bars 35. the lugs Si? of said ele` ments being` disposed sul stantially at the longitudinal centers c'l: said bars. 'llhe arrangement is such that. when cach polishing set is rotated. the yoke or engaging member 3S on the corresponding rod 311- isl substantially opposite the lugs 3T oiC the several polishing elements of the set so as to engage the lug ot the polishing clement nekt moved to operative position.

ln order to lock the rods against longitudinal movement and accurately position them with their engaging members 38 opposite the lugs 37 of the polishing elements, when the polishing sets are rotated, there is provided a forked locking member- 127 (see particularly Figs. 17 and 18) which is slidably mounted for vertical movement in an upright 126 and adapted, when elevated, and when the corresponding arm 29 is in its central upright position, as shown in Fig. 18, to engage the squared hub 290 of said arm 29 and lock said arm, thereby holding the mechanism for reciprocating therods 34 against operation and locking said rods in their central positions. The locking member 127 is operated by a bell-crank lever 125 pivoted to the upright 126 and carrying a' pin 124 co-operating With the slotted end of a link 123 connected at its opposite end to one arm lof a lever 121 pivoted at 122 to the base of the machine. The other arm of the lever 121 is connected by a link 120 (see also F ig. 2) with the lever 14, whereby when 'the latter lever is oscillated to shift the pinion 11 out of mesh With the gear 8 the locking member 127 will be elevated to lock the parts against movement, as above described.

In order to secure the brush holding members 33 against turning when the reciprocating rod is in operation, l provide for each polishing set a notched Wheel 63 (Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6) which isafiixed to the sleeve 64 of the corresponding end head 108 and co-op` erates with a dog 65 pivoted to the upright portion 107 of the slide 32 of the holder. To this dog is pivoted a hook 66 which takes under the arm 67 which, as above explained, is connected by the link 52 to the ratchet operating lever 51. llfhen the lever 51 is moved to turn the ratchet Wheel 49, the dog 65 is removed from Contact with the notches of the notched Wheel, thereby allowing the ratchet to turn freely, and when the ratchet paw] returns to its original position, the paivl 65 takes position in one of the notches of the notched Wheel and prevents any angular movement on the part of the brush. holder or the brushes While the brushes are being reciprocated.

A ratchet Wheel 70 is mounted on a shaft 113 journalled in a standard 112 (Figs. 1, 13 and 14) adjacent to the drive Wheel. This ratchet Wheel is operated by a paivl 71 'on a paw] carrier 114 loosely mounted on the shaft 113 and connected by a link 72 with the lever 58. Fast on the shaft 113 is a crank arm 73 to which yis pivoted a connect` ing rod 74 having a slot in one end and adapted to be connected to the handle of a suitable electric switch 75. The ratchet wheel carries a suitable number of teeth so that when all of the polishing brushes have functioned, a complete revolution of theA ratchet Wheel has been made and the electric circuit is broken through means of the switch 7 5.V

Between each pair of polishing sets, I

provide a foot rest Which consists of the base portion 76 (Figs. 11 and 12) which has` an interior vertical channel 77 provided With a spiral spring 78 and a vertical channel 79 in one side face thereof. Positioned on the top of this base portion is the foot rest 80 which has a depending spindle 81 adapted to enter the interior channel 77. This spindle is provided With lugs 82 Which are adapted to bear upon the top part of spiral spring 78 and maintain the foot rest in a relatively elevated position. The foot rest is provided on one side With a rack bar 83 extending substantally parallel to the depending spindle,

Which rack bar is adapted to enter the chan-r nel 79 in the side face of the base portion and to cooperate With a strip of spring metal 84 secured at one end to the base portion, the other end bearing upon the notches in the rack bar whereby the foot rest is firmly held when raised to any of the elevated positions. It is apparent from the structure provided that the shoe may assume position at various vertical levels. By the provision of these means it is possible for the person Whose foot-Wear is being treated to cooperate With the machine in securing the best resultsand thereby permitting the use of certain judgment and manual selection to collaborate with the mechanical functions of thema4 chine.

To remove the polishing sets from oper` ative position With respect to the foot rest,

I provide (see Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6) a shifting arrangement comprising the longitudinal rock shafts 86 journalled in uprights 115 and having upstanding forked levers 87 adapted to take over the shafts 28, 31 and 54 and to bear upon the ends of the slides 32 and the hubs of the levers 29 and 53. These rock shafts (see also Fig. 19) are provided with arms 116 connected by links 88 and yoke 117 with a bell crank lever 89 pivoted to the stand of the machine and connected by a connecting rod 90 with a hand lever 91. lt is ap` parent that when the hand lever is pulled back the rock shafts 86`Will be turned, forcing the forked levers 87 against the ends of the slides 32 and the hubs of the levers 29 and 53, thereby pushing the brushes with their lrespective operating connections away from the foot rest and permitting the shoe to be removed. It is apparent that after the shoe has been removed the polishing sets Will be returned to operative position by the action of springs 92 on shafts 28, 31 and 54,

respectively upon the hand lever 91 being returned to its forward position.

In the operation of my improved machine the feet are placed upon the rests provided, the brush shifting lever 91 is actuated and operates through the rod 90, bell crank lever 89, rods 88, rock shafts 86, and arms 87 to shift the brush sets to Contact with the sides of the shoe, and the motor or other CTI u i ,escaso prime mover sti ted in any suitable manH ner. Rotation oit the main gear lis transmitted through the pinion T, shaitt 101, gear 8, w)inion 1.1, and shalt 9 to the cranks 25 which, in turn, operate, through the connecting rods 2G, arms 2i' and shatts 255, to oscillate the arms 2S) and thereby reciprocate the rods le and the polishing e then in operative engagement the through the lugs El? and yokes 3S, the cleaning brushes being at this time in operative position. ritter a predetermined angular movement oit the gear 1 (5360 more or less depending upon the ratio ot the gearing), the pinion 6, acting through the gern 12, arm 18, link 15, lever 1li, and shitting arm 1S, willV rock the elbow lever 20 and move the pinion 11 along the shalt 9 ont ot mesh with the gear 8, thereby stopping the reciprocation ot the rods -l and polishing elements, said rods Bel being locked in their central positions by the elevation ot the forked locking member 12T, which is also actuated by the lever 14 through the link 120, lever 121, link 123, and bell-crank lever 125. At substantially the same time, or immediately thereafter., the pinion 5, acting through the gear 59, arm 60, link (51r` lever 58, connecting rod 55, and arm 56, Will rock the shaft 5l and arms 53, thereby, through the link 109, depressing the arms 6T and hooks 6G to release the locking dogs 65 from the notched disks 63, and, through the links 52, rocking the paivl carriers 51 and tausing the paivls 50, by engagement with the ratchets d5), to bring another set et Apolishing elements (this time the daubers) into operative position With their lugs 3T in engagement with the yokes 38 on the rods 34. Further angular movement oit the gear 1 causes the above named instrumentalities to return the locking dogs into engagement With their cti-operating locking disks 63, to remove the locking member 12T i'rom the corresponding hub 290, and to return the pinion 11 into mesh with the gear 8, causing the reciprocation ot the rods 3ft to be resumed. These operations are repeated until all ot the sets oit' polishing elements have been successively brought into operative position and reciprocated by the rods 311, thereby completing the cycle of operations ot the machine.

Ratchet Wheel Y() which controls the electric circuit breaker receives one impulse during each compl-ete revolution of the gear wheel. 1 and a surlicient number of teeth are provided on this ratchet Wheel so that When the polishing operation has been completed it has made one complete revolution which results in connecting rod Zet being drawn back to open the electric switch thereby stopping the machine. Hand lever 91 is then actuated, which shifts the polishing sets away from the loot rests, whereupon the shoes may be Withdrawn.

l claim as my invention 1. ln a shoe polishing machine, a toot rest adapted to support a shoe to be polished, a rotatable set ot polishing members mounted adjacent said toot rest, selective means to reciprocate one of the polishing members in contact with the shoe and means to rotate the polishing set upon cessation ot' the reciprocatory motion thereby to bring the other polishing members into successive operating position.

2. ln a shoe polishing machine, a toot rest adapted to support a shoe to be polished, a rotatable polishing` set comprising a plurality ot polishing members mounted adjacentsaid toot rest, a reciprocating rod adapted to impart motion to one of the said members, means to rotate the polishing set to bring the other polishing members into successive operative relation with the ref ciprocating rod.

3. ln a shoe polishing machine, a foot rest adapted to support a shoe to be polished, a rotatable polishing set includinga plurality oi polishing members mounted adjacent said foot rest, a reciprocating rod adapted to impart motion to one of the said polishing members, means to rotate the polishing' set to bring another polishing member into operative relation With the reciprocating rod, and means Ato maintain the reciprocating rod in a stationary and central position while the polishing set is being rotated.

ln shoe polishing machine, a toot rest adapted to support a shoe to be polished, a rotatable polishing set mounted adjacent said toot rest, said polishing set including a plurality oi? slidably mounted brush members, each brush member including a central brush portion secured to a slotted back member, end and top brush portions hinged to said central brush portion, and spring means to press said end and top brush portions into contact With the surface of the shoe to be polished, means to reciprocate said brush members relative to the surface of the shoe to be polished, and means to rotate said polishing' set to successively place said brush members in operative position relative to the shoe to be polished.

5. lin a shoe polishing machine, a toot rest adapted to support a shoe to be polished, a rotatable polishing set mounted adjacent said toot rest, said polishing set including a plurality of brushes Yand a combined liquid magazine and dauber having a plurality of compartments so connected one to the other as to conform to the sur- "face ot the shoe to be treated When brought into operative relation thereto, means n to reciprocate the members of said polishing set upon the surface of the shoe to be polished, and means to rotate said polishing set to successively place said brush members in operative position relative to the shoe to be polished.

6. ln a shoe polishing machine, a foot rest adapted to support a shoe to be polished, a polishing set mounted adjacent said foot rest, said polishing set comprising a rotatable brush holder, a plurality or brushes and a combined liquid magazine and dauber slidably mounted on said holder, and means to bring each of said brushes and said dauber into successive operative position relative to the foot rest, and means to reciprocate the respective brush or the dauber While in such position.

7. ln a shoe polishing machine, a foot rest adapted to support a shoe to be polished, a polishing set mounted adjacent said foot rest, said polishing set comprising a rotatably mounted holder having a plurality of longitudinal slide bars, a plurality ot brushes and a combined liquid container and dauber mounted on said slide bars, said dauber comprising a plurality oit compartments adapted to contain a polishing liquid, spring means secured to the back oi said compartments whereby the surface of the dauber is made to conform to the surface oi. the shoe to be treated and a fluid distributing material secured in the compartments or said dauber, and means to reciprocate the respective brushes or dauber while in position on thev surfacer of the shoe .to be polished. A

8. In a shoe polishing machine, a toot rest adapted to support a vshoe to be polished, transverse slide rails arranged adjacent said foot rt, a rotatable polishing set movably mounted on said slide rails, said polishing set including a plurality of slidably mounted brushes and a dauber, means 'to successively reciprocate said brushes and dauber, springs mounted on said transverse slide rails to normally maintain the brushes in operative position relative to a shoe to be treated, and means to shift said brushes 'from operative position. i

9. ln a shoe polishing machine, a foot rest adapted to support a shoe to be polished, a polishing set arranged adjacent said-foot rest, said polishing set comprising transversely slidable supporting brackets, arotatable brush holder having a lplurality of longitudinal slide bars, a plurality or brushes and a dauber mounted on said slide bars, a reciprocating rod having means adapted to engage the brushes in operative succession, and means operating alternately to reciprocate said rod and turn said rotatable brush holder. Y n

10. ln a shoe polishing machine, a loot rest adapted to support a shoe, a polishing set arranged adjacent said foot rest, said polishing set including aplurality of brushes and a dauber, means to reciprocate the daubcr or one of said brushes, means including a ratchet wheel secured to said brush holder, and a ratchet operating pawls to turn said polishing set and .bring said brushes and `dauber into successive operating position.'

ll. in a shoe polishing machine, a foot rest adapted to support a shoe, a polishin@r set arranged adjacent said root rest, said polishing set including a plurality of brushes and a dauber, means to reciprocate one or said brushhs or said dauber, means includin?` a ratchet wheel secured to said brush -v holder, means yoperating, alternately to `re'- ciprocate the dauber or oneofsaid brushes and to rotate said brush holder, and means to' loclr said reciprocating means while said brush holder is being rotated.

13. ln a shoe polishing machine, a prime mover, a gearwheel adapted to be driven by said prime mover, a pinion liXed to the shaft or said gear wheel, a pinion mountedv adjacent said gear wheel and `adapted to meshtherewith, a gear wheel liXed to said last-named pinion,` a square shaft bearing crank arms mounted adjacent said '-lastnamed gear Wheel, a pinion slidably mounted on said square shaft whereby saidshat is driven, means operated by said firstnamed gear 'wheel wherebyv said sliding pinion yis, alternately brought into and revmoved trom engagement with the lastnamed gearwheeh a rotatable polishing set, si 'd polishing set including a plurality oit slidable members, a. sliding rod to successively reciprocate said .slidable members when in their operative positions, and means connecting the crank arms or said square shalt and said sliding rod whereby said slidable members are reciprocated, and means whereby said polishingset may be rotated to bring said slidable members into successive operating positions.

lll. ln a shoe polishing` mechine, a prime mover, a gear wheel adapted to be driven by said prime mover, a piniony fined 'to and rotated by said gear wheel, a pinion mounted adjacent said gear wheel and adapted tomesh therewith, a gear wheel arfiredr to said `last-named pinion, a square shait bearing crank arms and mounted adjacent said last-named gear wheel, a pinion slidably mounten on said square shaft and whereby said shaft is driven, means driven from said irsonamed gear Wheel compris ing a pinion, a crank arm, connecting link, lever, and bifurcated elbow lever whereby said slidably mounted pinion is alternately placed in and removed 'from meshing` relation With said second-named gear Wheel, polishing sets, each ot said polishing sets includingl a plurality olf members. means connected to the oranlr arms of said Square shaft whereby the members are reciprocated in successive order, and means Where by said polishing sets may be rotated to bring said members into si'iccessiife opera v ing position.

ln a shoe polishing machine, a prime mover, gear Wheel adapted be driven by sai( prime mover, a pinion lined 'to and rotated by said gear Wheel, a second pinion mounted adjacent said Wheel and adapted to mesh therewith, a second gear yvheel ailixed to said last-named pinion, a square shaft having cranlr arms and mounted adjacent said last-named gear Wheel, a pinion slidably mounted on said square shaft adapted to engage said last-named gear Wheel whereby said shaft is driven, means comprising` a pinion driven Ytrom said first-named gear Wheel, a cranlr arm secured to said pinion, a connecting rod, an oscillating lever, a link, and a biiurcated elbow lever whereby-said sliding pinion is alternately shifted into and removed from meshing relation with said secondnamed gear Wheel, polishing sets, each said polishing sets comprising a plurality of members, means connected to the crank arms of said square shaft whereby the mem-- bers are reciprocated, and means on the opposite kside ot said first named gear comprising a pinion driven by said first-named g Wheel, a cranlr arm atiiired to said I`nion, a connecting` rod, an oscillating lever, a linlr, a rock shait, a biii'urcated lever slidable on said rocl shaft, and ratchet Wheel and pavvl whereby said polishing set is rotated to bring the members into successive operating position. l

lo'. ln a slice polishing machine, a prime mover, a gear Wheel adapted to be driven by said prime mover, a pinion fined to the shaft of said gear Wheel, a pinion mounted adjacent sait gear Wheel and adapted to mesh therewith, a gear Wheel fixed to said last-named pinion, a square shaft bearing crank arms mounted adjacent said lastnanied gear Wheel, a pinion slidably mounted on said square shait whereby said shaft driven, means connected to said lirstnamed gear Wheel whereby said sliding pinion is alternately lrrought into and removed rom engagement with the lastnamed gear Wheel, a polishing set, said polishing set including a. plurality of slidable i ,senseo members, a sliding rod adapted to reciprocate one 'of said slidable members, means connecting the crank arms of said square shaft and said sliding rod whereby said slidable members are reciprocated, and means whereby said polishing set may be rotated to bringsaid members into succes sive operating positions, and means comprising a lever adapted to be oscillatedby said vtiret-named fear Wheel and connecting linlrs a birurcated locking tongue whereby said reciprocating means are maintained in stationary pos tion while said polishingf; is being rotated.

17. ln a shoe jliolishing machine, a toot rest adapted to support a shoe Vto be polished., said Ytoot rest comjinfising standard having a vertical internal channel and a channel on one side tace thereof, a rest portion including a dependent spindle adapted toenter saiointernal channel, a raclr member arl ranged parallel to said dependent spindle, a spiral spring in said internal channel adapted to maintain said rest portion in a relatively elevated position, and spring means acting on said raclr bar for maintaining said rest portion in a relatively elevated position, a j aolishing set arranged adjacent said foot rest, and means to actuate said polishing set.

18. ln a shoe polishing machine, a gear Wheel, means to rotate said gear Wheel, a polishi set of members including a plu rality of brushes and a dauber, means connected to and driven by said gear Wheel to alternately rotate said brushes and dauber and reciprocate one of said members, and means whereby the reciprocating means will be held in stationary `position While the brushes are being turned.

i9. lin a shoe polishing machine, a polishing set comprising a brush holder, a pluraiity or brushes and a dauber, a gear Wheel, means to drive said gear Wheel, means oper* ated by said Wheel for alternately reciprocating one or said brushes or said dauber and turnin;1 said brush holder, and means connected to said brush holder turn ing means for stopping the operation of said gear Wheel driving means when the cycle of operation of the polishing set is complete.

20. ln a shoe polishingY machine, a oot rest adapted to support a shoe to be polished, a transversely slidable polishing set mounted adjacent said foot rest, means to move said polishing set into and out oit operative position with resnect to said toot rest, said polishing` set comprising supporting brackets, a brush holder rotatably mounted on said supporting brackets, sai-d brush holder having a plurality of longitudinal slide bars, a longitudinally reciprocal rod adapted to serve as an axis for said brush holder, a plurality of brushes and a dauber co-axially arranged with respect to said rod, and means carried by said dauber and brushes and said rod whereby said dauber or one oll said brush members may be reciprocated.

2l. In a shoe polishing machine, a foot rest adapted to support a. shoe to be polished, transversely slidable polishing sets mounted adjacent said foot rest, each of said polishing sets comprising supporting brackets, a brush holder rotatably mounted on said supporting brackets, said brush holder having a plurality of longitudinal slide bars, a longitudinally reciprocal. rod adapted to serve as an aXis for said brush holder, a plurality of brushes and a dauber co-aXially arranged With respect to said rod, means carried by said dauber and brushes and by said rod whereby said dauber or one of said brush members may be reciprocated, and means comprising longitudinally disposed rock shafts arranged adjacent said foot rest and rocker arms whereby said polrest adapted to support a shoe, a polishing set arranOed adjacent said foot rest, said polishing. set including a brush holder and a plurality oi brushes and a dauber, each brush member and said dauber comprising a plurality oif hinged portions, a back member secured to one of said hinged portions, said baclr member being provided With alug, a rod adapted to slide in said holder, said rod bearing a yoke adapted to take over the lug on said back member and means to reciprocate said rod.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence of tvvo subscribing Witnesses.

MARTIN BELVlLLE. Witnesses DoMnNre GALLO, S'roIANo RAFFAELE. 

